Time Lapse Photo Editing in to Video at DVinfo.net

Scott Nelson · January 12th, 2010, 06:08 PM

Ok, so I am doing some more Time lapse stuff with my D60 and I can't find a good system for turing it into a video. Does anyone have any software they use to create a video from lets say... 600 photos?

I know one option is QT Pro for $30, but anyone have any other way? I would love to do it in Premiere, but I am not going to spend the time scaling and shortening clips down to 1 or 2 frames...

P.s. Yes I know I can use the Stop Motion feature built into the D60 but it only goes to 100 frames and is not all that quick of a system.

David W. Jones · January 13th, 2010, 05:53 AM

I use QT Pro, but can't you set your still pic import size to 1 frame in your import prefs in Premiere?

Daniel Epstein · January 13th, 2010, 08:11 AM

It is hard to come up with an easier way to deal with timelapse than treating jpg's as a sequence in Quicktime Pro. Personally i use After Effects to make my shots and then edit them in Final Cut. Don't know what Premier lets you do but you want to import them as a sequence if it let's you so you treat the import as one clip. You can check out some of this on Vimeo

Andy Tejral · January 13th, 2010, 08:19 AM

Another option is Videomach

Daniel Epstein · January 13th, 2010, 09:22 PM

Videomach looks interesting but we are talking about someone who doesn't want to pay $30 extra for QT Pro correct?

Warren Kawamoto · January 13th, 2010, 10:34 PM

How about putting all 600 frames on your timeline, then just speed it up?

Scott Nelson · January 13th, 2010, 11:15 PM

Warren, Thats a possibility too... but they would all need to be one video in order to speed them all up.

Daniel, I don't mind paying for QT but I would just prefer to get a free app if possible. I got my shutter release software for free so I thought there might be a matching editing software out there...

I might just go with the QT install...

Lloyd Coleman · January 14th, 2010, 12:17 AM

Premiere does this quite easily.

1. Place all the pictures you want to make a movie out of into a folder on your hard drive
2. Make sure all the stills are numbered sequentially
3. In Premiere select 'file' then 'import'
4. Navigate to the folder that contains the files you want to import
5. Check the 'numbered stills' box at the bottom of the import window
6. Select the first picture
7. Select 'open'

All the stills will be imported as a targa sequence, with each picture one frame in duration.

Scale the video to fit the frame as desired.

Adjust the speed of the video as desired. A 600 frame video at 30 frames per second will naturally be 20 seconds long.

I hope this is what you were trying to do.

Scott Nelson · January 15th, 2010, 12:17 AM

Awesome!

Thanks Lloyd!

Daniel Epstein · January 15th, 2010, 07:49 AM

Great LLoyd, Premier works very similarly to After Effects and Quicktime Pro. As one would expect.

January 12th, 2010, 06:08 PM	#1
Scott Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bloomington, MN Posts: 167	Time Lapse Photo Editing in to Video Ok, so I am doing some more Time lapse stuff with my D60 and I can't find a good system for turing it into a video. Does anyone have any software they use to create a video from lets say... 600 photos? I know one option is QT Pro for $30, but anyone have any other way? I would love to do it in Premiere, but I am not going to spend the time scaling and shortening clips down to 1 or 2 frames... P.s. Yes I know I can use the Stop Motion feature built into the D60 but it only goes to 100 frames and is not all that quick of a system. __________________ Canon XH-A1, Rode NTG-2 DIGITAL NOIR PRODUCTIONS

January 13th, 2010, 05:53 AM	#2
David W. Jones Trustee Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Little Rock Posts: 1,383	I use QT Pro, but can't you set your still pic import size to 1 frame in your import prefs in Premiere? __________________ David W. Jones www.joneshdfilms.com

January 13th, 2010, 08:11 AM	#3
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	It is hard to come up with an easier way to deal with timelapse than treating jpg's as a sequence in Quicktime Pro. Personally i use After Effects to make my shots and then edit them in Final Cut. Don't know what Premier lets you do but you want to import them as a sequence if it let's you so you treat the import as one clip. You can check out some of this on Vimeo Time Sure Flies Timelapse on Vimeo

January 13th, 2010, 08:19 AM	#4
Andy Tejral Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 523	Another option is Videomach __________________ Andy Tejral Railroad Videographer

January 13th, 2010, 11:15 PM	#7
Scott Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bloomington, MN Posts: 167	Warren, Thats a possibility too... but they would all need to be one video in order to speed them all up. Daniel, I don't mind paying for QT but I would just prefer to get a free app if possible. I got my shutter release software for free so I thought there might be a matching editing software out there... I might just go with the QT install... __________________ Canon XH-A1, Rode NTG-2 DIGITAL NOIR PRODUCTIONS

January 13th, 2010, 09:22 PM	#5
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	Videomach looks interesting but we are talking about someone who doesn't want to pay $30 extra for QT Pro correct?

January 13th, 2010, 10:34 PM	#6
Warren Kawamoto Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,435	How about putting all 600 frames on your timeline, then just speed it up?

January 14th, 2010, 12:17 AM	#8
Lloyd Coleman Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 256	Premiere does this quite easily. 1. Place all the pictures you want to make a movie out of into a folder on your hard drive 2. Make sure all the stills are numbered sequentially 3. In Premiere select 'file' then 'import' 4. Navigate to the folder that contains the files you want to import 5. Check the 'numbered stills' box at the bottom of the import window 6. Select the first picture 7. Select 'open' All the stills will be imported as a targa sequence, with each picture one frame in duration. Scale the video to fit the frame as desired. Adjust the speed of the video as desired. A 600 frame video at 30 frames per second will naturally be 20 seconds long. I hope this is what you were trying to do.

January 15th, 2010, 12:17 AM	#9
Scott Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bloomington, MN Posts: 167	Awesome! Thanks Lloyd! __________________ Canon XH-A1, Rode NTG-2 DIGITAL NOIR PRODUCTIONS

January 15th, 2010, 07:49 AM	#10
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	Great LLoyd, Premier works very similarly to After Effects and Quicktime Pro. As one would expect.